The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-10-27
ON TO NORTH CAROLINA.
TIE PRESIDENTIAL PATsTE ~
MONTGOMERY.
An Enthusiastic Greeting -Nrs. C!eye-
land Presented with q Solid Silver
Jewel Eesa--CtE,cr Incidertg.


MoNTGoMERY, Ala, Oct. 20.-Af
ter leaving the station III Atlanta las
night our train ran out of the citj
about 3 mile and there awaited the
regular schedule time for starting
- O'Clock midnight. When this houl
arrived nearly ail had retired, bent
upon a nights rest 1T six this morn
ing the inhabitants Of Felasco began
to prepare themselves for exhibition
! in Montgomery. Every one felt re
freshed and ready for any arrange
ments made for them IL that city At
7:30 this morning, the President visit
ed the tonsoriaI department in the
"Alfarata' and returning TO the "P
?. c." looked rs bright and fresh as
when he left Washington. J[rs. Cleye-
land also was greatly refreshed by her
pleasant rest Of last night The run
Of the special train was without note
worthy incident, except that at inter
walls grouns Of colored people from the
succession Of cotton plantations, gath
cred near the track, who, as the spe-
! cial passed them became more or less
I demonstrative. The special train at
/ eight this morning drew into Mont
I gomery midst the booming Of cannons
and the greatest. enthusiasm. The
military was drawn up in line and
/ stood with presented arms as the Pres
/ ident and Mrs Cleveland and the
members OF their party entered car
riages provided for them. The pro
/ cession then marched to the Exchange
/ hotel, where the party partook Of
breakfast. After breakfast the Presi-
dent reviewed the military on the bal
cony Of the hotel, and there was the
presentation to the President and Mrs.
Cleveland OF : handsome solid silver
Jewel casllet, representing a cotton
bale and bearing an appropriate in
seription, Indicative Of their visit to
Montgomery. After the President
had reviewed the military and was
about to proceed to his carriage, Edi-
tor Fitzpatrick, Of the Montgomery
Dispatch, presented President and
Mrs. Cleveland Z satin copy Of to-.iay's
edition of his paper, consisting Of 33
pages. The souvenir is very eiabo-
rately and ex-2ensivelv trinnsc3 ;, and
IS enclosed within very ha,. 3aome
crimson plush roll bearing or a-solid
silver plate the inscription, With the
compliments Of the Montgomery Dis-
patch to the President and hfrs.
Cleveland" The carriageswera then ia
ken and the membersof the party, after
being driven through the principal
streets, were escorted to the fair
grounds, where the President was in
troduced and welcomed to the CITY in
n few eloquent remarks BY Gov. Seay.
In reply to the Governors address the
President spoke as follows:
81 am very glad 10 be able, at the
conclusion Of a more delightful, and
l hope, improving series Of visits
through the country, TO see q little of
the State Of Alabama and its people
and It's capitol. | believe that 10
Southern State has within itself more
elements of independent growth and
development than Alabama. There
is hardly q food product which is not
raised in its agricultural limits. It
has within its borders abundant forests
Of useful and valuable timber waiting
fOr its utilization to the needs of man,
while It's mineral resources, marvellous
and inexhaustible, give assurance Of
wealth and commercial greatness. In
the means Of transportation your State
is hardly less favored About two
thirds Of your counties are bounded
Or intersected by rivers nayigable or
easily made 50. Your railroad facil-
ties, already great, are constantly III
creaslng, and your outlet to the ocean
IS found in the largest and finest bay
on the Gulf Of Mexico. A State thus
favored by nature, and so profoundly
blessed by the gifts of providence,
cannot but occupy q commanding po-
sition in the union Of states which con-
stitutes q great nation, nor can any
have s greater stake in the welfare
and progress OF the entire country or
in the harmonious and friendly feel
ing upon which these depend. As YOU
gather your agriculture and as You
increase their volume and variety you
are not only enriching yourselves and
your State, but are adding luster to
our national glory. Your iron ore
is taken from the same field as the
material necessary TO its manufacture
and supplies a powerful element of
national cohesion and in its manufact-
ure you are preparing the strongest
bonds of national unity. Every ton
OF iron you are enabled to furnish a
Northern State goes far towards de-
stroying- sectional feelings. Your fell
low countrymen appreciate the value
of intimate and profitable business re-
lations with you and there need be no
fear that they will permit them to be
destroyed or endangered By designing
demagognes. The wickedness of those
partisans who seek to aid their ambi-
tions schemes by engendering hate
among a generous people is fast meet
ing exposure and yet there is and
should be an insistance upon strict
adherence to the settlement which has
been made OF disputed questions upon
the acceptance of such settlement.
Against this, [ believe no business
consideration should prevail and [
firmly believe that there is American
fairness enough abroad in the land to
insure a proper and substantial recog-
milton of the good faith which you
have exhibited. We know that you
still have problems to solve involving
consideration concerning you alone,